“Use this codebook for text classification. Return your classifications in a table with one column for text number (the number preceding each text sample) and a column for each label. Use a csv format. The text data are open-ended responses in the survey consist of answers to two questions that immediately followed the closed-ended question about the country’s most serious problem. Your task is to assign a value (0 or 1) to three variables. The categories are not mutually exclusive. The categories are: BADACTOR, BADELITE and GOODPEOPLE 

Coding for BADACTOR instructions:

Each of the following are necessary components to code BADACTOR as 1. Code as 1 if the text sample identifies at least one unitary actor (or group) that has agency or includes the presence of an agent seen as responsible for the problem. This agency should give the impression of malicious intent, rather than bad decisions due to ignorance or incompetence. The response must ascribe negative attributes or negative actions to the actor. The actor identified must have power to effect change; the issue noted must not simply be a systemic issue. 

Here are examples of BADACTOR=1:
“Powerful white people; They feel other groups are inferior and do not matter and can be treated differently. They believe they have all this power as well.” Note: In this example, ‘powerful’ indicates this group (“white people”) has the ability to effect change. The problem is making other groups feel inferior and do not matter. There is a negative sentiment applied to the actor.
“Politicians; They only look out for their own self-interest. They would sell us to China if they could get away with it.” Note: In this example, Politicians are powerful groups. The problem is that they are too focused on their own self interest and selling us to China. There is a negative sentiment applied to the actor.
“Corporate America, lobbyists, and all politicians; Have too much money to provide for special interests that are not in the interest of the general public.”
“Pharmaceutical companies and politicians; I think that some politicians are paid by pharmaceutical companies to push for their drugs to be approved even if they’re not safe.”
“The rich and greedy; Such a large percentage of wealth is controlled by such a small percentage of people. Nobody needs to be that wealthy.”
“Elite billionaires that have horded most of the money; I feel that if there is a finite amount of money for all the people to live with and the top 1 percent has that majority it leaves little room for the lower classes to move up creating a slave state.”

Here are examples of BADACTOR=0:
“No particular group; It isn’t a particular group. All groups of people need to recognize that intolerance is a problem and that open-mindedness is a solution.” Note: In this example, no group is mentioned in particular
“Everyone is responsible; The health and welfare of the environment is the responsibility of everyone. We need to protect it as much as we can.” Note: In this example, no responsible group is mentioned in particular
“I believe that the university education system has become more of a business than a public service; Non-profit university system.” Note: In this example, The actor mentioned does not have power to effect change; the issue noted is a systemic issue.
“Banks and stock market; Stock market crashes result in a loss of money for investors. There should be something in place to prevent this from happening, like a safety net.” Note: In this example, The actor mentioned does not have power to effect change; the issue noted is a systemic issue.
“Oil and coal companies; We need to move to a cleaner form of energy.” Note: In this example, there is not negative sentiment, attributes applied to the actor or actions of the actor
“Congress; Political gridlock in Congress.” Note: In this example, there is not negative sentiment, attributes applied to the actor or actions of the actor



Coding for BADELITE instructions:

Each of the following are necessary components to code BADELITE as 1. Code as 1 if the text sample identifies an agent that is an elite or as an agent that can be considered socially or politically powerful, such as “Congress” or “the health care industry.” The elite must have the power to cause political or economic change domestically. Note: The elite identified can be either seen through either a “right populist” lens or a “left populist” lens (generally a bad elite in government vs. a bad elite in business).

Here are examples of BADELITE =1:
“The elite wealthy; The income inequality in this country has been rapidly accelerating for the past several decades.” Note: In this example, the wealthy are the elite. They are responsible and can cause change domestically related to the rise in income inequality.
“Corporate business; Businesses are interested in making the biggest profits at the expense of their workers and consumers.” In this example, corporate business is the elite. They are responsible and can cause change domestically related to taking advantage of the workers and consumers
“Bad economic decisions and priorities by elected officials; I would like to see elected officials strive to invest more money in education and infrastructure and enact trade policies more favorable to American companies.” In this example, Elected officials are the elite. They are responsible and can cause change domestically related to education and infrastructure.
“Politicians; Well they are the ones leading our country in the wrong direction.” In this example, politicians are the elite. They are responsible and can cause change domestically related to leading the country in the wrong direction.

Here are examples of BADELITE =0:
“The Luciferians; Duality is not reality; we are one.” In this example, there is no elite identified
“Culture and parents; If a student does not value education, no amount of money is going to get that student to learn.” In this example, there is no elite identified.
“Extremist groups from different Arab countries; The groups of people have been indoctrinated to hate America. They don’t like the freedoms we have and they don’t like us. There people need to be brought to justice by any means necessary.” In this example, the group mentioned (“extremist groups”) does not have the power to cause change domestically
“Al Qaeda; They have very extreme views that involve killing people. We should kill them.” In this example, the group mentioned (“Al Qaeda”) does not have the power to cause change domestically


Coding for GOODPEOPLE instructions:


Each of the following are necessary components to code GOODPEOPLE as 1. Code as 1 if the response clearly identifies a distinguished majority (a separate entity; not simply humanity as a whole) that is hurt by the bad actor/bad elite. This majority must be a presence of a collective majority of the citizenry constituted by ordinary citizens who are seen positively. The people must be ascribed positive moral attributes, either explicitly or implicitly; this can include being seen as the commoners, the regular guy, the workers, etc. There must be an implicit understanding of the people with consistent mentions of an “us vs. them” mentality (including the 1 percent vs. 99 percent). The response must indicate that people should be seen as the common people, and the group fit to have control.


Here are examples of GOODPEOPLE =1:
“Politicians; The politicians are the ones that are keeping social differences as they are, and creating chaos. If they would work for the people, the people would be better off." Note: In this example, “the people” are the key reference
“Congressional Republicans; They are in the pockets of big business. They are responsible for the government shutdown and prevent any positive legislation from being passed to help the middle class.” Note: In this example, “the middle class” are the key reference
“Politicians and business owners; They have done very little to prevent the growing income gap between the average worker and those in control of America’s businesses.” Note: In this example, “the average worker” are the key reference
“Big corporations; they commit fraud and become overly greedy at the expense of regular individuals like myself.” Note: In this example, “regular individuals” are the key reference
“The upper 1 percent; They just want to keep as much money for themselves, so they use loopholes, bailouts, etc and in the long run it just hurts everybody else.” Note: In this example, “everybody else” are the key reference 
“Deadbeats, lazy people, and Obama; They use our money to work against us.” Note: In this example, the “us” is the key reference
“Politicians; They only look out for their own self interest. I think the ordinary people should lead the country so even the little mans interests are taken into consideration.” Note: In this example, “ordinary people” are the key reference
“Liberals; They generally do not uphold the traditional values of the masses but rather the interest of small select interest groups. We ought to uphold the traditional values of the people.” Note: In this example, “the people” are the key reference


Here are examples of GOODPEOPLE =0:
“Humanity; We do not take care of the environment, we abuse it. We use too much gas. We should reduce our usage.” Note: In this example, humanity is too broad. 
“Humans; Many are unaware of the effect products and actions have on the environment. People need to be educated to become aware of the climate changes that are happening and could happen.” Note: In this example, humans is too broad
“Hypersensitivity; It seems that everyone is offended by things they don’t agree with nowadays.” Note: In this example, “everyone” is referred to negatively.
“Everyone is responsible; It is the responsibility of the entire human race to protect our planet.” Note: In this example, “entire human race” is too broad. Also, the group is referred to negatively.
“Corporations; Big companies use the greatest amount of resources. We need policy limiting the damage they can do.” Note: In this example, no group clearly identified to represent something like “the people.”
“For profit insurance companies; We’ve tried to follow the Swiss model, but it doesn’t work.” Note: In this example, no group clearly identified to represent something like “the people.” “Declines in teachers’ ability and increasing classroom disruptions; Teachers aren’t teaching to the children’s abilities. They are teaching so that they can pass tests.” Note: In this example, “teachers” are not seen as the common people.
“Kids are getting dumber and we’re doing nothing about it; Parents should be held accountable.” Note: In this example, “parents” are not seen as the common people.

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